FPS issues on Laptop

Off-Topic Games, Gaming and Hardware
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So I bought this MSI laptop (MSI GP62MVR 7RF Leopard Pro) last year for college, and I can’t shake this feeling that it isn’t performing to what its specs boast. I’m wondering if anyone can help me find the problem.

The specs are:

GTX 1060 maxQ
i7-7700HQ @ 2.80 GHz
16 GB RAM
Vsync is turned off.

I know that laptop GPUs aren’t as powerful as desktop GPUs despite what Nvidia might claim. I play WoW on the 5th setting which is the recommended setting and I can’t get 60 fps. Running around Zuldazar, I get anywhere from 45-55 fps. Nvidia’s GeForce Experience software recommends a higher setting which inevitably gives me 35-45 FPS (not sure how well Nvidia’s software works). In combat with one or two people, I get around low 40s in FPS. Isles of Conquest and Alterac Valley are essentially slideshows at 10-14 FPS. For some unknown reason, Island Expeditions give me the highest frames of 80 - 90 FPS even while in combat.

MSI laptops come with this software called Dragon Center which monitors the system.

CPU: 35-40% at a pretty consistent 94 Celsius
GPU: 40-50% at 87 - 90 Celsius
Memory at a flat 77%

The main thing I think is wrong is that CPU and GPU are running too hot and bottlenecking. To try and fix this I bought a 5 fan laptop pad and I tried to undervolt my CPU though this doesn’t seem to have had much of an effect.

Another interesting point which I’m not sure relates is that in Windows Task Manager, my CPU says that it is always running at 100% even when I have nothing opened beside task manager (yet Dragon center reports around 30% CPU usage).

So let me know your thoughts. Any tips I can try are appreciated.

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That’s weird… try running HWinfo64, if that shows the same thing about the heat it’s definitely heat throttling.

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look up undervolting for your specific laptops.

it will help you get better performance and cooler operating temperatures.

Edit: saw you tried undervolting. uh…this is why you dont’ get laptops i guess.

Even with undervolting your system might have a lower TDP limitation. So temperature might be limited as well as power limits.

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I had an ASUS laptop with a 1070 and had the same issues, here are my tips. Some you have already done.

If you have a 60Hz screen. Limit all your games to 60 FPS.

Under volt CPU and GPU if capable.

Completely remove the back plate from the laptop and leave it on your laptop cooling pad. I did this with mine and temps dropped 20C.

Completely redo all the thermal pads and thermal paste. This can void all warranties and is a pain in the butt to do…

Go into power settings and limit your min and max CPU power to 99%. This will cause your CPU to run at the max without using turbo boost. Sometimes doing this will allow you to game at higher FPS than you would at thermal throttling.

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I have a dell with i5 7th gen with 1060 max q 8gb ram and my temps are lower then that with WoW on 7 with 60fps(locked at) being constant. I drop 10c if I use my cooling pad.

Temps like you are getting should be from more demanding games other then WoW but googling that laptop and brand it looks like they do run hot.